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3-gatsu no Lion – 15 [Moonlight – Lump of Ego]
Let me get off track for a bit, but the truth is that I’ve always been fascinated by moonlight. Moonlight gives me a warm presence, moonlight (especially in full-moon) gives me the bright feeling that...
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ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. – 04 [Smoldering Embers in an Isolated...
We are no stranger with this kind of world in anime: an isolated, conservative world that cut-off from outside communication and ultimately stay behind its times, slowing back 10, 20 even hundred...
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Scum’s Wish – 04 [Bad Apple!!]
This was a sublime episode from start to finish. By showing these tales of love through fragments from many characters’ point of view, it adds more layers, as well as more perspectives to this webs of...
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3-gatsu no Lion – 16 [Running Through the Night – Middle of the Slope]
3-gatsu had another solid episode this week, which for now was exactly what you would expect from this show. Rei’s getting more social life, and this episode demonstrates the importance of the tutors’...
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ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. – 05 [Overlapping Footprints in the...
Okay, this episode… just ends. Look, I normally don’t mind slow-burned story hinting multiple threads and this episode is clearly a set-up episode for upcoming major events, but at least the episode...
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Scum’s Wish – 05 [Destruction Baby]
Boy, they actually did it; they actually went that far. And here I thought after introducing the cast and their dark love, they’d tone down on the “physical” aspect and focus more on the “emotional”...
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3-gatsu no Lion – 17 [Silver Thread – Water’s Surface – Base of the Blue Night]
Wow, this episode! This is one of the strongest 3-gatsu episode that we’ve encountered so far, both rich in effective little moments, strong characters interactions and smart visual executions....
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ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. – 06 [Where Pride and Train Tracks Lead]
Now we’re clear why Lotte looked so worried last week upon hearing Jean was riding a train, turn out that their parents passed away due to train accident when they were young, 13 years ago. The...
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Zaregoto Series OVA – 03 [Day 4 (1) Beheading 1]
After nearly two months of patiently waiting (and actually forgetting that this series even existed at all), the third episode is finally out reminding us that Il-chan and Tomoe are still there and it...
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Scum’s Wish – 06 [Welcome to the X-Dimension]
If there is one thing that I really respect about Scum’s Wish, it’s that they commit themselves all the way to that tangled web of broken desires and love, instead of chicken out half-way. As a result...
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3-gatsu no Lion – 18 [Torrent – Passing Time]
We have a fairly typical 3-gatsu this week, in which its level of quality is what we come to expect now. Its awkward shift in tone and the lack of big thematic plot points are still prominent in this...
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ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. – 07 [The Truth Emerges in the Night Mists]
The plot sure thickens a lot after this episode. Well, last week I mentioned about the possible spoiler of ACCA plot, but the truth turns out that it didn’t really qualified as a spoiler at all. All...
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Top 12 Nonsensical Details in Flip Flappers
And I return back to arguably one of my favorite anime of the last decade for the list of most randomness details in Flip Flappers’ universe. Which by all mean isn’t a complaint. Flip Flappers is a...
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Scum’s Wish – 07 [Lots of Love]
Let see, this week we have a full Moca’s episode. Her role up till now admittedly has been a little insignificant, mostly because her princess, childish persona don’t go to well with the dark themes...
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3-gatsu no Lion – 19 [Passing the Night – Kyoto (part 1)]
This week we have an episode that dedicated to Shimada the 8th Dan and overall it was a satisfying episode. Looking back to his first introduction, I’m even more amazed how the show pulled his...
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ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. – 08 [The Princess Who Spread Her Wings...
Damn this show making me feel sad and melancholic all over again. When Nino told Jean last week that this is going to be a long story, I wouldn’t dare to think that he really means it. This week, the...
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Scum’s Wish – 08 [Sweet Refrain]
Leave it up to Scum’s Wish to break some more taboos about love. I’m not gonna beat around the bush here, this episode was magnificent, the way it grabs you in closely and never lets go. I felt...
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3-gatsu no Lion – 20 [Kyoto part 2 – part 3]
With this episode we come to an end of Shimada’s title challenge matches against Souya, and somewhat close his arc down. Shimada time has been very effective and touching time and he proves to be a...
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ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. – 09 [A Graceful Black Adder Bears It’s...
We have another solid slow-burning episode this week, which is… Goddamnit ACCA, you just can’t do that at this late in the game, especially when the last two episodes had raised the stakes extremely...
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Zaregoto Series OVA – 04 [Day 4 (2) The 0.14 Tragedy]
Zaregoto is back to its intriguing premise. This episode brings out many of the show’s best strengths. While still follow the investigation, it shifts its main focus on the characters, especially...
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